Suspended officer faces expanded indictment

The cash withdrawals ranged from $100 to $500 each and took place between
June 2006 and November 2008, Assistant U. S. Attorney Anthony M. Bruce said in
court papers. The 11- count superseding indictment expands on the charges
initially filed last December against Warme, 27, of Grand Island.

Warme is accused of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, wire fraud,
depriving Niagara Falls citizens of honest services, multiple civil rights
crimes, possessing a firearm during a crime of violence, extortion, carrying a
firearm during a drug crime and possession of a firearm with an obliterated
serial number.

Warme, who has been jailed and suspended since his arrest, has pleaded not
guilty to the charges. He was arrested after a lengthy investigation by
officers from his own department working with the FBI, the U. S. Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms&Explosives and the Drug Enforcement
Administration.

Agents charge that Warme committed many of the alleged crimes while on duty
and wearing his police uniform..